Individuals pay their respects at a makeshift memorial to victims of the Texas floods. In a surprising number of cases, the worst disasters strike in the middle of night. The deadly Texas floods ...

From Bhopal to the draining of the Aral Sea, discover some of the worst man-made disasters that have occurred around the ...

In April 2010, a state-of-the-art offshore oil rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The blast killed 11 and ignited a fireball so large it could be seen from 40 miles away. For nearly ...

For thousands of years, the great civilisations and nations of Europe have had to endure regular attacks from a lethal foe: Mother Nature. From earthquakes and eruptions to fire and floods, the ...

Hurricanes and earthquakes are the two most likely natural disasters to cause billions in damage. Unfortunately, many of these storms occurred before the federal government and FEMA considered these ...

As an enormous plume of dark gray smoke rose hundreds of feet from the nearby Palisades fire on Wednesday afternoon, obscuring the sun and turning everything in the north end of Santa Monica an ...

Last year was one of the worst years for U.S. natural disasters, according to researchers, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) future remains uncertain. Major disaster declarations, ...

Indigenous communities are often the worst hit when major disasters strike. The recent floods across the Northern Territory are a case in point. Last week, residents in the regional centre of ...

All the recent aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about the safety of flying. The midair collision that killed 67 near Washington D.C. last month was the worst disaster. But there ...

Forty years ago, on the night of Sunday 2 December of 1984, people in the city of Bhopal and surrounding communities were settling in for what seemed like yet another regular night. The worst thing in ...

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